ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Welcome to The McClain Method — the go-to podcast for interior designers who want to grow a profitable, polished, and well-run design business.
I’m your host, John McClain—award-winning interior designer, business mentor, author, and branding strategist. If you want to learn how to:
• price your interior design services
• attract high-value clients
• streamline your design process
• improve your client experience
• elevate your brand and visibility
• run your design firm with confidence
…you’re in the right place.
This podcast isn’t about pillows and paint swatches.
Here, we focus on the business of interior design—marketing, pricing, branding, sales, systems, visibility, mindset, and everything it actually takes to build a thriving design firm.
Each episode gives you clear strategies, actionable tools, and behind-the-scenes insights you can use immediately to grow your business and elevate your clients’ experience.
If you’re ready to step into your next level as an interior designer—and finally run a business that reflects your brilliance—welcome home.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 17 days
Average audio length:
43 minutes
Has sponsors
English
United States
102 episodes
since June 22, 2023
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
What Dolly Parton Taught Me About Business and Life
When Dolly Parton died, I found myself thinking about just how much she had shaped the way I see business, success, reinvention, kindness, and life.
In this episode, I share the lessons I learned from watching Dolly dream bigger, stand out without…
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A while back I was in Italy for Marmomac, the natural stone show in Verona, sponsored by the Italian Trade Agency. I added almost two weeks onto the trip and traveled alone through Verona, Bologna, Florence, the hillsides of Tuscany, Milan, and Lake …
Episode 100 is here, and I am recording it on my iPhone from a makeshift desk in Bangkok, where I am living and running my whole business for the next four months. Three years ago I turned on a microphone with no plan and no idea if I would make it to episode 10. This one is not a highlight reel. I…
Episode Overview
In this episode of The McClain Method Podcast, John McClain sits down with Debbie Mathews LeRoy, owner and principal designer of Debbie Mathews Antiques and Designs in Nashville, to talk about antiques, sourcing, retail, and profitability inside a modern interior design business.
D…
Stop Trying to Keep Everyone Happy: 5 Permission Slips You Need Today
What happens when you speak honestly, hold a boundary, or make a decision that is right for you, and someone else does not like it?
In this episode, John shares the story behind a recent one-star podcast review and the reminder t…
The Science of How Interior Design Affects Behavior, Wellbeing, and Daily LifeInterior designers know when a room feels right. But what is actually happening beneath the surface?
In this episode of The McClain Method Podcast, John McClain sits down with Eryn Oruncak, founder of Elan Design, to talk…
After attending Milan Design Week and then heading straight to High Point Market, I found myself sitting with a lot of thoughts about our industry, our clients, and what actually matters when it comes to design.
This episode is a very honest reflection on the contrast between those two experiences …
Most designers are comfortable talking about design.Very few are comfortable talking about what happens after.In this episode, I sit down with Renee Biery to unpack what actually happens when a project moves into construction.We talk about the gap most designers have, why contractors operate the wa…
Episode 94: Set Up Your AI Once So It Actually Works Every Time
Most designers are using AI.
But they’re barely scratching the surface.
And it’s costing them time every week.
In this episode, I break down what I saw at Design Edge and why most designers feel like AI isn’t working for them.
This isn…
AI is everywhere right now, and for many interior designers, it brings a quiet but very real fear. Not fear of learning something new. Not fear of using new tools. But fear of becoming irrelevant.
In this episode, McClain shares highlights from a recent presentation designed to help designers bette…
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